Item No. 1: star center Anze Kopitar will miss only 2-3 weeks with a knee injury sustained last Saturday while playing for a team in Sweden. That means he'll miss training camp and likely won't be in uniform for the team's Jan. 19 banner-raising against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Kings, you see, won the 2012 Stanley Cup. If you forgot, we don't blame you.

GM Dean Lombardi told the LA Times that the initial prognosis, which would put Kopitar back on the ice at some point between Jan. 19 and 26, was "basically right" and that Kopitar "looks good."

It could've been worse.

"It was just one of those weird, tricky plays," Ducks winger Bobby Ryan, who was playing with Kopitar, told reporters Thursday, according to the Times. "I think the guy that came to hit him fell. He went forward and backward at the same time, caught up. You could see the knee bend a little bit. Hopefully it’s nothing serious. I’m going to reach out to him tonight. I’ll wish him well and see him on the ice."

As for Item No. 2, the franchise announced that it donated a total of $1 million to four charities in recognition of the community's patience and support during the 113-day NHL lockout, which mercifully is about to end. The Kings, it should be noted, were one of the big losers of the work stoppage, since they lost out on some of the momentum they gained during their Cup run.

The money will be split between Ronald McDonald House, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Boys and Girls Club and City Year, and represents a much better way of saying sorry than 50-percent-off Ville Leino jerseys.